1 FORM 3 --------------------------------- OMB APPROVAL --------------------------------- OMB Number 3235-0104 Expires: September 30, 1998 Estimated average burden hours per response........... 0.5 --------------------------------- U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person The Thomson Corporation - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) Metro Center One Station Place - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Stamford, Connecticut 06902 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 1/12/98 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Computer Language Research, Inc. -- CLRI - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [X] 10% Owner Other [ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] (specify below) --------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [ ] Form filed by One Reporting Person [X] Form filed by More than one Reporting Person - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reminder: Report on a separate line for each (Over) class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Responses) SEC 1473 (7/96)
Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect (Instr.4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect (Instr. 5) (I) (Instr. 5) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock No securities owned. (1) N/A N/A - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock No securities owned. (2) N/A N/A - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 2 * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, FORM 3 (CONTINUED) OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying (Instr. 4) Exercisable Derivative Security and Expira- (Instr. 4) tion Date (Month/Day/ Year) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date Expira- Title Amount Exer- tion or cisable Date Number of Shares - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: (1) The Thomson Corporation ("TTC") files this Form 3 pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement dated January 12, 1998 (the "Stock Purchase Agreement") among TTC, Sabre Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of TTC ("Sabre"), and certain stockholders (the "Majority Stockholders") of Computer Language Research, Inc. ("CLR"). The Stock Purchase Agreement requires the Majority Stockholders, who own approximately 74.6% of the outstanding shares of CLR, to tender their shares into Sabre's all cash tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of CLR's common stock and to otherwise sell their shares to Sabre, subject to certain conditions set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement. Such tender offer is currently scheduled to expire on February 13, 1998, subject to any extension of the expiration date. The tender offer is being made by Sabre pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 12, 1998 (the "Merger Agreement"), among TTC, Sabre and CLR. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, after the expiration of the tender offer, Sabre will be merged (the "Merger") with and into CLR, with CLR as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of TTC. Also pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, each Majority Stockholder, with respect to the shares he, she or it owns of record, appoints Sabre as his, her or its proxy to vote his, her or its shares in favor of the Merger and against any other transaction. Consequently, for the purposes of determining TTC's status as a 10% holder, TTC is deemed to own beneficially 10,786,962 shares of CLR common stock pursuant to Sabre's voting power over such shares. However, for Form 3 reporting purposes, TTC is not the beneficial owner of any shares of CLR because TTC currently has no pecuniary interest in the shares subject to the Stock Purchase Agreement and will obtain such pecuniary interest only upon consummation of the tender offer or if it otherwise purchases the shares of the Majority Shareholders pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement. (2) Sabre also files this Form 3 pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, but has no securities to report thereunder for the same reason that TTC does not. ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). /s/ Michael S. Harris 1/22/98 ------------------------------- ------- *Signature of Reporting Person Date The Thomson Corporation By: Michael S. Harris Vice President and Assistant Secretary Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. Page 2 SEC 1473 (7/96)
- --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect sion or ship Beneficial Ownership Exercise Form of (Instr. 5) Price of Deriva- Deri- tive vative Security: Security Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) - --------------------------------------------------------------- N/A N/A N/A - --------------------------------------------------------------- N/A N/A N/A - --------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================== 3 JOINT FILER INFORMATION Name: Sabre Acquisition, Inc. Address: Metro Center One Station Place Stamford, CT 06902 Designated Filer: The Thomson Corporation Issuer & Ticker Symbol: Computer Language Research, Inc. -- CLRI Date of Event Requiring Statement: 1/12/98 Signature: /s/ Michael S. Harris Michael S. Harris President, Sabre Acquisition, Inc. PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES